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Lost At E Minor: For creative peopleTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:38:20 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Star Wars posters hand-drawn by local artists in Russiahttp://www.lostateminor.com/2015/03/16/hand-drawn-star-wars-posters-are-made-by-local-artists-in-russia/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2015/03/16/hand-drawn-star-wars-posters-are-made-by-local-artists-in-russia/#commentsMon, 16 Mar 2015 06:01:11 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=245531Star Wars first made its way into the USSR in 1990, and due to censorship laws that still remained in the waning days of the Soviet Empire, original movie posters needed to be made by local artists for advertising. Russia has a history of hand-drawing unique movie posters and the Star Wars posters that were […]

Star Wars first made its way into the USSR in 1990, and due to censorship laws that still remained in the waning days of the Soviet Empire, original movie posters needed to be made by local artists for advertising.

Russia has a history of hand-drawing unique movie posters and the Star Wars posters that were produced are a great example of how different some of these Russian movie posters are.

Yury Bokser and Alexandr Chantsev made several very creative movie posters.

The stand-out of the collection is the Puma Vader. Darth Vader looks like a robot cat, complete with muzzle, fangs and whiskers. It would seem that the loose connection to Star Wars to be gleaned from this depiction is the crown of lightsabres springing from Puma Vader’s head.

Another poster depicts Jabba the Hutt and the Death Star in a very harmonic and balanced layout.

A third poster depicts a trio of characters that are recognised from Chalmun’s Spaceport Cantina on Tatooine, each with a strange glint in their eye and shooting stars behind them.

Lastly there is the circuitboard cowboy, which came into existence because the movie was constantly described as a ‘galactic western’ to the artists.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2015/03/16/hand-drawn-star-wars-posters-are-made-by-local-artists-in-russia/feed/0Darth Vader now running for Ukraine presidencyhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/09/darth-vader-now-running-ukraine-presidency/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/09/darth-vader-now-running-ukraine-presidency/#commentsWed, 09 Apr 2014 03:37:22 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=199122Yes, that’s right. Darth Vader is now running for Ukraine presidency, thanks to the Ukrainian Internet Party (UIP) that now backs a guy dressed as the Sith Lord to be their official candidate for the May 25 presidential elections. In a statement issued by the party, Vadar is quoted as saying: ‘I alone can make […]

Yes, that’s right. Darth Vader is now running for Ukraine presidency, thanks to the Ukrainian Internet Party (UIP) that now backs a guy dressed as the Sith Lord to be their official candidate for the May 25 presidential elections. In a statement issued by the party, Vadar is quoted as saying: ‘I alone can make an empire out of a republic, to restore former glory, to return lost territories and pride for this country.’

UIP, which is campaigning for an electronic government in Ukraine, ponied out 2.5 million Ukranian hryvnia (US$0.22 million) to register Vader in the presidential running. Darth Vader apparently scored 3% of votes in the 2012 parliamentary elections.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/09/darth-vader-now-running-ukraine-presidency/feed/0This Darth Vader toaster: bread that’s a bit on the dark sidehttp://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/04/darth-vader-toaster-bread-thats-bit-dark-side/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/04/darth-vader-toaster-bread-thats-bit-dark-side/#commentsFri, 04 Apr 2014 05:10:39 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=199088A Dark Lord has been unleashed in the battle to make you delicious breakfast. Cook your toast inside Darth Vader’s head, and rest assured it will come to the dark side, in a matter of minutes. It even burns the Star Wars logo and the image of the Sith Lord on it! This must-have kitchen […]

A Dark Lord has been unleashed in the battle to make you delicious breakfast. Cook your toast inside Darth Vader’s head, and rest assured it will come to the dark side, in a matter of minutes. It even burns the Star Wars logo and the image of the Sith Lord on it!

This must-have kitchen appliance for Star Wars fans everywhere is available for purchase at ‘Big Bad Toy Store’. Though it comes with a funny disclaimer:

‘Depending on the type of bread used and the duration of toasting, your toast may differ from what is pictured in the promotional material above. The toast pictured above was produced by a trained professional. It is important to remember that toast is like a snowflake, each piece is unique and beautiful in it’s own way’.

And remember, don’t skimp on the butter, as the toaster may find your lack of butter disturbing.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/04/04/darth-vader-toaster-bread-thats-bit-dark-side/feed/0A Darth Vader composed of rotting banana peelshttp://www.lostateminor.com/2014/02/01/darth-vader-composed-rotting-banana-peels/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/02/01/darth-vader-composed-rotting-banana-peels/#commentsFri, 31 Jan 2014 15:51:09 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=191032‘I find your lack of Potassium disturbing’. Dark Forces is a sculpture by artist Matthew J. Mahoney, in which he takes a cardboard cut-out of our favourite Sith Lord and attaching banana peels with drywall screws. He also took advantage of the banana’s ‘natural adhesive’ to make them stick on the cut-out for good. At […]

‘I find your lack of Potassium disturbing’. Dark Forces is a sculpture by artist Matthew J. Mahoney, in which he takes a cardboard cut-out of our favourite Sith Lord and attaching banana peels with drywall screws. He also took advantage of the banana’s ‘natural adhesive’ to make them stick on the cut-out for good.

At this point, we have two questions: 1) How does his house smell like with Banana Vader rotting it up? And 2) What did he do with all the bananas?

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/02/01/darth-vader-composed-rotting-banana-peels/feed/0Sorry, Darth Vader won’t eat junk food, he’ll only eat junk mailhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/07/09/sorry-darth-vader-wont-eat-junk-food-hell-only-eat-junk-mail/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/07/09/sorry-darth-vader-wont-eat-junk-food-hell-only-eat-junk-mail/#commentsMon, 08 Jul 2013 16:31:00 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=160912When Marty Van Dyke (or SenseiMonkeyboy, as he’s known on DeviantART) was asked to paint Darth Vader on a friend’s mailbox, he admitted that ‘it started that direction then veered off sharply into this.’ What he means by ‘this’, is that he smacked a realistic replica of Darth Vader’s masked helmet head right in front […]

When Marty Van Dyke (or SenseiMonkeyboy, as he’s known on DeviantART) was asked to paint Darth Vader on a friend’s mailbox, he admitted that ‘it started that direction then veered off sharply into this.’ What he means by ‘this’, is that he smacked a realistic replica of Darth Vader’s masked helmet head right in front of the mailbox. We demand to know where Van Dyke’s friend lives just so we can brag about feeding daft letters to Darth Vader.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/07/09/sorry-darth-vader-wont-eat-junk-food-hell-only-eat-junk-mail/feed/1Indiana Jones vs Darth Vader: a clever stop-motionhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/06/14/indiana-jones-vs-darth-vader-a-clever-stop-motion/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/06/14/indiana-jones-vs-darth-vader-a-clever-stop-motion/#commentsFri, 14 Jun 2013 10:08:45 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=157749If Indiana Jones and Darth Vader had a face-off, who would win? There’s only one rule: you can’t use the force. YouTube user PatrickBoivin may have thought that rule made the fight fair in his clever stop-motion short video, but let’s stop and think about it. Without the force, Darth Vader is nothing more than a […]

If Indiana Jones and Darth Vader had a face-off, who would win? There’s only one rule: you can’t use the force. YouTube user PatrickBoivin may have thought that rule made the fight fair in his clever stop-motion short video, but let’s stop and think about it. Without the force, Darth Vader is nothing more than a crippled, asthmatic old man. If he’s up against a brawny, young whippersnapper like Indiana Jones, the fight obviously isn’t fair. I call a rematch!

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/06/14/indiana-jones-vs-darth-vader-a-clever-stop-motion/feed/0Raising Leia: The parenting woes of Darth Vaderhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/05/28/raising-leia-the-parenting-woes-of-darth-vader/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/05/28/raising-leia-the-parenting-woes-of-darth-vader/#commentsTue, 28 May 2013 13:59:07 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=154931Remember Jeffrey Brown’s splendid picture storybook Darth Vader and Son? He’s back with a fresh follow-up for a children’s book, Vader’s Little Princess, which imagines the dad tackling even more parenting woes as he raises his rebellious teen daughter Leia. He even gets to employ the classic disgruntled dad phrase “You are not going out […]

Remember Jeffrey Brown’s splendid picture storybook Darth Vader and Son? He’s back with a fresh follow-up for a children’s book, Vader’s Little Princess, which imagines the dad tackling even more parenting woes as he raises his rebellious teen daughter Leia.

He even gets to employ the classic disgruntled dad phrase “You are not going out dressed like that!” on Leia at the sight of her in that iconic metallic bikini getup.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/05/28/raising-leia-the-parenting-woes-of-darth-vader/feed/1Vadering: Levitation, done the Star Wars wayhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/10/vadering-levitation-done-the-star-wars-way/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/10/vadering-levitation-done-the-star-wars-way/#commentsWed, 10 Apr 2013 13:59:08 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=147281Can this be true? Vadering, a geeky Star Wars reference to Darth Vader’s invisible neck choke, might just be the next big Internet phenomenon. At least two people need to be in the shot, with one playing the role of Vader with one outstretched arm and clenched fingers, and another playing victim suspended in mid-air, […]

Can this be true? Vadering, a geeky Star Wars reference to Darth Vader’s invisible neck choke, might just be the next big Internet phenomenon. At least two people need to be in the shot, with one playing the role of Vader with one outstretched arm and clenched fingers, and another playing victim suspended in mid-air, neck apparently choked, grasping with air. Kind of raises the levitation challenge to another level.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/10/vadering-levitation-done-the-star-wars-way/feed/1The Star Wars Remix project: may the creativity be with youhttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/03/may-the-creativity-be-with-you/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/03/may-the-creativity-be-with-you/#commentsWed, 03 Apr 2013 02:43:42 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=146278Even though you might not be a fan of the Star War movies, or going to international conventions, meet-ups and stuff, you still might enjoy the characters, gimmicks and famous quotes brought into our lives. To guarantee you some more fun with Darth, Jabba and friends, you should take a look at the Star Wars […]

Even though you might not be a fan of the Star War movies, or going to international conventions, meet-ups and stuff, you still might enjoy the characters, gimmicks and famous quotes brought into our lives. To guarantee you some more fun with Darth, Jabba and friends, you should take a look at the Star Wars Remix project. This is a fun blog which also features the work of American artist Noah Scalin, who assembles his art by taking everyday objects and turning them into unique pieces.

]]>http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/04/03/may-the-creativity-be-with-you/feed/0Darth Vader: upcycled from typewriter and computer partshttp://www.lostateminor.com/2013/01/09/darth-vader-upcycled-from-typewriter-and-computer-parts/
http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/01/09/darth-vader-upcycled-from-typewriter-and-computer-parts/#commentsTue, 08 Jan 2013 17:56:26 +0000http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=132528Self-proclaimed junk artist Gabriel Dishaw has an upcycled range of skull likenesses created with recycled bits and pieces. Darth Vader’s right there, made out of parts from adding machines, computers and typewriters. So’s Mickey Mouse, with his ears made of airplane cargo ramp wheels. There’s even an unnamed Decepticon with eyes that light up.

Self-proclaimed junk artist Gabriel Dishaw has an upcycled range of skull likenesses created with recycled bits and pieces. Darth Vader’s right there, made out of parts from adding machines, computers and typewriters. So’s Mickey Mouse, with his ears made of airplane cargo ramp wheels. There’s even an unnamed Decepticon with eyes that light up.